THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



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lation is being sought, (let as many bee- 

 keepers in every riding us possible to write 

 to tlieir member urging him to support the 

 bee-keepers' bill. In this way every repre- 

 sentative would be reached right from home 

 — from his own constituents ; and a general 

 attack of that sort all along the line would 

 have its effect. Even one judicious letter 

 from a constituent would have weight with 

 the member and the more the better to every 

 member. This, as I know by experience, 

 works like magic. Try it, but do not rest 

 with merely advising all and sundry persons 

 through the bee journals to write tlieir mem- 

 bers. If youdo, it will H"^;^ecione. Only a few 

 will write. Having their names they can be 

 prompted and urged personally, by letter or 

 otherwise, at small expense. Supply them 

 with suggestions, forms and postage — i. e. 

 those who need such looking after. It will 

 pay. It is investing one dollar to get back 

 fifty. Of course this pre-supposes that 

 there a few, more or less, in every State who 

 will push the work and who are the men to 

 do it. That much giveu, it certainly can be 

 done. 



I need not go into the details of various 

 other legitimate methods of working legis- 

 lators in order to get legitimate rights, and 

 of working them, indeed, before they be- 

 come legislators when they are seeking votes 

 at the polls. I suggest nothing crooked — 

 nothing sinister, — leave that to those with 

 crooked objects and sinister purposes in 

 view. Yours is a good object- one perfectly 

 legitimate. You have, therefore, the moral 

 right to press your representative, and 

 pledge him, and even threaten him if neces- 

 sary. 



On this one matter of getting a regular 

 government grant your success in organiza- 

 tion depends more, vastly, than on anything 

 else, because there is, I have no doubt, the 

 apicultural material in every State to make 

 a good and useful society. 



As to the scopes and variety of the work a 

 good and strong State society ought to en- 

 gage in, there is not space to enter into that 

 here. First get the society and then the 

 work will loom up in plenty. 



In union there is strength and if I may 

 give an opinion in the premises I may say I 

 quite agree with the editor of the Review 

 that a union of the North American and 

 the Bee-Keepers'' Union would be a wise 

 move and to the advantage of both. 



Selby, Ont. June l.'S, 1895. 



A Union of the North American and the 



Bee-Keepera' Union will be Opposed by 



the Manager of the Latter. 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN. 



T HAVE carefully read the editorial in the 

 1 last Review on the above subject, and 

 while I fully agree with it as to the object to 

 be attained, viz: Organization, I do not 

 indorse some of the methods suggested or 

 hinted at, to obtain it. 



It is well known that " Organization " was 

 my pet theme for years, and what organiza- 

 tion the National Society did have was 

 through my efforts in that direction. I have 

 spent both time and money in trying to get 

 up an efficient organization — one that would 

 be a power for good, and at the same time 

 make it a permanent institution. 



But as soon as the National Society was 

 incorporated, a " howl " went up from some 

 selfish, narrow minded bigots, who fought it 

 inch by inch, and apparently at least, ac- 

 complished its dissolution — for at the last 

 meeting at St. Soseph, they ignored the past, 

 cut down the constitution and threw out the 

 by-laws, all for what ? Heaven may know, 

 but I don't. As the report of that conven- 

 tion has never been published, we may never 

 know the "whys" and "wherefores" of 

 their action. Let us look at the history of 

 the matter a little before entering into the 

 discussion of the itiodus operandi proposed. 

 At the li)th annual convention held at Col- 

 umbus, O., Oct. .3, 1888, a new constitution 

 and by-laws were adopted by unanimous 

 vote. These documents were prepared by 

 me very carefully,, and presented at the 

 convention of the previous year. They were 

 referred to a committee and that committee 

 referred them back to the convention with- 

 out recommendation. Coming before that 

 whole body, they were unanimously en- 

 dorsed and then and there adopted. 



Article X. of that constitution reads as fol- 

 lows ; " A Defense Committee of seven 

 shall be appointed for the purpose of con- 

 sidering the applications of members for 

 defense from unjust lawsuits by those who 

 are prejudiced against the pursuit. This 

 committee shall be the officers annually 

 elected by the National Bee-Keepers' Union, 

 which is hereby declared to be affiliated to 

 the International American Bee Association. 

 Its President is hereby made a Vice Presi- 

 dent of the Association, and its General 



